My Opinion of EB Three Years After I Left the Company
Pros
- You can work 40 hours and go home without thinking about work. - There are lots of younger people. - You can move around easily if you don't like your group or department.
Cons
***Before I left EB, I heard rumors that the EB HR department made fake Glassdoor accounts to improve the average rating of this company, which was 2.7/5.0 stars at the time. Reading these reviews, it's easy to spot which ones are fake.*** - Some departments have extremely toxic cultures (unfriendly, unwilling to teach and develop junior engineers, etc.) - You are just a number here. Your warm body in an office seat that gives EB a reason to continue to ask the Navy for the same amount of money with each contract, even if there's no work for you to do. - Senior management loves to put a spin on any negative company changes and gaslight you to death. - Parking is impossible. - You don't learn many new skills or expand your knowledge of engineering and design as fast as you would at other jobs. Mentorship is terrible. - You're not treated like a salaried employee (e.g., if you work under 40 hours/week, even by 5 minutes, it comes out of your PTO bank.) - The vast majority of employees are white cis men. - Some of the Groton offices are disgusting, both dirty and old. One of my EB colleagues said that all companies are just like EB--"they all have their problems and EB isn't actually a bad place to work..." I left EB three years ago and now work for a large, private software company. My new job is categorically better. The projects are interesting and use my college degree, I learn more things in less time, the office and cafeteria are spectacular, and the people are truly friendly, smart, and willing to mentor. I'm here to tell you, three years later, that the grass is greener elsewhere and that what my EB colleague is false--some of the problems EB has are unique to EB and you shouldn't be gaslighted into thinking this company's problems are normal. Avoid this place unless you've only ever wanted to work on submarines your entire life.
